junkie
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When Tayshia Adams, a TV host and self-professed skincare junkie, double cleanses in the shower, she uses a vitamin C-based exfoliating wash then a hydrating cleanser.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
But anyone who has followed the man’s career knows he’s a performance junkie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
For example, agents can talk about the latest game to a sports fan and about current events to a news junkie.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026
Now you can be a cord-cutter and a TV news junkie too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025
“If you throw yourself into danger for no reason again, you will have become nothing more than a Dauntless adrenaline junkie looking for a hit, and I’m not going to help you do it.”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Skyhorse publishes a wide range of material including books for children, sports fans and political junkies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
The movie ultimately treats us like adrenaline junkies, assuming we lack curiosity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
It could have been for any other market research exercise, for washing powder or water bills, rather than anything to do with Westminster - so it wasn't a gathering of political junkies.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2025
"Democracy" is a word that may sound soaring to political junkies, but feels bureaucratic and frankly bloodless to many others.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024
But the notion that climbers are merely adrenaline junkies chasing a righteous fix is a fallacy, at least in the case of Everest.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
